Improvement in brushes



Jon'NAMns, or Lulrnsrnennne, New YORK.

Leers Parere No. 11a/romand Maron?, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRUSHES. l

" v The Schedule referredl to in thse Letters Patent and making part ofthe shame.

. VTo alitohoin Mittag/contenu l Beit known that I, JOHN MES, ofLansingburg,.inthe edn'nty of Rensselaer and State of New York, haveinvented anew and usefulV Improvement in Brushes, and I 'do herebydeclare that the following is a full,

olear, and exact description thereof', `which will enable y'othersskilled inthe art to make and 'use the' same, reference `beinghad `to `the accompanying drawing `forming part of thisspecilication.

y Figure l `is a side view of my improved brush, partly in section, toshow the construction.

` Figure 2 isa `detail sectional View of the same- "taken through`thelinefxx, iig. l, thebristles being H removed. y 1'V Y,

i. Similar lettersof refe1ence indicate eorresponding parts.4 y l u.

` My invention 'has for its object to improve the oon-j i structionofthe'lpaint-brushes known as sash-brushes, which shall beequally1appl'ioab1e to shaving-brushes,

and brushes for other p urposes,`and which shall produce stronger,better, andI more durable brushes than j those made `in the ordinarymanner; and'` i Myinvention@ consists in an improved mode of leonstruoting and combining the several parts of the brush.

' A is the handle of the brush. A r

The `side ears `B, between which'the bristles are ;placed,are slottedlongitudinally through their centers, as shownin figs. l and 2. l'n the-slots thus *formed is `placed a plate,`0," with Vits 4edge rest-ing'against or let intr the body of the handle A. The plate C maybe man-r`of metal, wood, or other suitable material.

If desired, the ears B need not be slotted, the plate '.0 being maderound, or oi such ashape that it will forni a groovefor itself in theinner surfaces of the `ears B; orthebridge may be `let into the handlesufciently far to be supported independent of the ears B, or the platemay be made so as to form a part of the handle. v

The bristles D are Yplaced between the ears B and upon both sides of theplate O, and are seenred by pitch, cement, or other suitable adhesivematerial.

.The brush is then wound with cord E in the ordinary manner. Thisconstruction preventsl the butts of theV bristles from'being jarred fromtheir seat bya sudden blow or by pressure, and thus prevents the coil ofoord', E, from being parted `or started ont of place, making the brushmuch stronger and more durable.'

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desireIto secure by Letters Patent- The handle A,slotted side ears B, plate C, and

'bristles D, combined as described to form an improved sash-brush. l

JOHN AMES.

- Witnesses:

EUGENE HYATT, A. C. OoMs'rooK.

